| World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans JD Milliman, RH Meade The Journal of Geology 91 (1), 1-21, 1983 | 4657 | 1983 |
| Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: the importance of small mountainous rivers JD Milliman, JPM Syvitski The journal of Geology 100 (5), 525-544, 1992 | 4126 | 1992 |
| Recent sedimentary carbonates: Part 1 marine carbonates JD Milliman, G Müller, F Förstner Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 | 2123* | 2012 |
| River discharge to the coastal ocean: a global synthesis JD Milliman, KL Farnsworth Cambridge University Press, 2013 | 1893 | 2013 |
| Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1948 to 2004 A Dai, T Qian, KE Trenberth, JD Milliman Journal of climate 22 (10), 2773-2792, 2009 | 1040 | 2009 |
| Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea JP Liu, KH Xu, AC Li, JD Milliman, DM Velozzi, SB Xiao, ZS Yang Geomorphology 85 (3-4), 208-224, 2007 | 995 | 2007 |
| Production and accumulation of calcium carbonate in the ocean: Budget of a nonsteady state JD Milliman Global Biogeochemical Cycles 7 (4), 927-957, 1993 | 958 | 1993 |
| Geology, geography, and humans battle for dominance over the delivery of fluvial sediment to the coastal ocean JPM Syvitski, JD Milliman The Journal of Geology 115 (1), 1-19, 2007 | 892 | 2007 |
| Sea levels during the past 35,000 years JD Milliman, KO Emery Science 162 (3858), 1121-1123, 1968 | 855 | 1968 |
| Holocene development of the Yellow River's subaqueous delta, North Yellow Sea JP Liu, JD Milliman, S Gao, P Cheng Marine geology 209 (1-4), 45-67, 2004 | 845 | 2004 |
| 50,000 dams later: Erosion of the Yangtze River and its delta SL Yang, JD Milliman, P Li, K Xu Global and Planetary Change 75 (1-2), 14-20, 2011 | 728 | 2011 |
| Transport and deposition of river sediment in the Changjiang estuary and adjacent continental shelf JD Milliman, S Huang-Ting, Y Zuo-Sheng, RH Mead Continental Shelf Research 4 (1-2), 37-45, 1985 | 681 | 1985 |
| Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea JP Liu, AC Li, KH Xu, DM Velozzi, ZS Yang, JD Milliman, DJ DeMaster Continental Shelf Research 26 (17-18), 2141-2156, 2006 | 632 | 2006 |
| Earthquake-triggered increase in sediment delivery from an active mountain belt SJ Dadson, N Hovius, H Chen, WB Dade, JC Lin, ML Hsu, CW Lin, ... Geology 32 (8), 733-736, 2004 | 613 | 2004 |
| Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam ZS Yang, HJ Wang, Y Saito, JD Milliman, K Xu, S Qiao, G Shi Water resources research 42 (4), 2006 | 584 | 2006 |
| Climatic and anthropogenic factors affecting river discharge to the global ocean, 1951–2000 JD Milliman, KL Farnsworth, PD Jones, KH Xu, LC Smith Global and planetary change 62 (3-4), 187-194, 2008 | 544 | 2008 |
| Seasonal variations of sediment discharge from the Yangtze River before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam K Xu, JD Milliman Geomorphology 104 (3-4), 276-283, 2009 | 485 | 2009 |
| Biologically mediated dissolution of calcium carbonate above the chemical lysocline? JD Milliman, PJ Troy, WM Balch, AK Adams, YH Li, FT Mackenzie Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 46 (10), 1653-1669, 1999 | 463 | 1999 |
| Man's influence on the erosion and transport of sediment by Asian rivers: the Yellow River (Huanghe) example JD Milliman, Q Yun-Shan, R Mei-e, Y Saito The Journal of Geology 95 (6), 751-762, 1987 | 463 | 1987 |
| Environmental and economic implications of rising sea level and subsiding deltas: the Nile and Bengal examples JD Milliman, JM Broadus, F Gable Ambio, 340-345, 1989 | 437 | 1989 |
